Monthly Archives: April 2007

the HF radio crackles beside me. a guard is resting his head on the desk in front of it. every minute or so, he lifts it and calls into the mic: “mobile, mobile for alpha bravo, over… mobile for alpha … Continue reading →

with the first rain came a blanket of buzzing bugs in all forms. small ones that fit through your mosquito net and circle your headlamp casting tiny orbits on the pages of your book. larger ones who have bodies like … Continue reading →

abyei is underwater. well, much of it. the cracked fields that stretched from its sides are filled. in the middle of these lakes sit poorly placed tukuls from which women walk, balancing buckets on their heads, lifting their dresses to … Continue reading →

last night, at 5 am, I woke to the sound of thunder. above me, there were none of the familiar stars. I moved quickly, rolled my sheets and pillows into a ball, tucked the foam mattress under my arm, and … Continue reading →

last night, I could not leave the hospital. I tried. but each time I put my stethoscope in bag and washed my hands, clapped the nurses on the shoulder and said “bukra…tomorrow”, another worried family opened the gate. they carried … Continue reading →